1991
Acts Formed
8Ball & MJG
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Southern Hip Hop
Acuff's Rose
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Country Rock
Drop Nineteens
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Shoegaze
Freestyle Fellowship
Los Angeles, California, USA
Hip Hop
Incubus
Calabasas, California USA
Alternative Metal
Machine Head
Oakland, California, USA
Metal
Mobb Deep
Queensbridge, New York City, USA
Hip Hop
Oasis
Manchester, England
Britpop
Pete Rock &
C.L. Smooth
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Hip Hop
Portishead
Bristol, England
Trip Hop
Rage Against
the Machine
Los Angeles, California, USA
Rap Metal
Rancid
Berkeley, California, USA
Punk
Refused
Umeå, Sweden
Hardcore Punk
Three 6 Mafia
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Southern Hip Hop
Unwound
Olympia, Washington, USA
Post-Hardcore
January 8th
Def Leppard guitarist, Steve Clark, dies at 30 from a drug overdose.
January 18th
Three people are crushed to death at an AC/DC gig.
January 31st
The launch of DJ Magazine.
February 20th - Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: Quincy Jones - Back on the Block
Song of the Year: Bette Midler - From a Distance
February 27th
James Brown is released from prison.
March 2nd
Serge Gainsbourg dies at 62 of a heart attack.
March 11th
Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid female singer in the world after signing to Virgin Records in $30m deal.
March 20th
Michael Jackson signs with Sony in a deal worth 1 billion dollars.
April 8th
Massive Attack - Blue Lines is released. Debut album. Trip hop is born.
April 21st
Steve Marriott, of the Small Faces, dies at 44 in a house fire.
May 7th
A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Ozzy Osborne is dismissed. It had been claimed Osbourne's music was responsible for a boy's suicide.
July 2nd
Axl Rose attacks a fan during a gig. Rose had become agitated after observing the fan pointing a camcorder at the stage.
August 27th
Dr. Dre pleads no contest to misdemeanor battery for assaulting television host Dee Barnes. He is sentenced to probation.
Pearl Jam - Ten is released. Debut.
September 24th
Nirvana - Nevermind is released.
September 28th
Miles Davis dies at 65 of a heart attack.
October 8th
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger is released.
Primal Scream - Screamadelica is released.
November 11th
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless is released.
November 24th
Freddie Mercury dies at 45 from complications related to AIDS.
